Question

Find the slope of the line passing through the two points (-2,1) (6,-1)

Answer 1

-1/4

Explanation:

We use the formula:

`(y₂ -y₁)/(x₂ -x₁)`

plugging in we have

`( (- 1)-(1))/((6) -( - 2)) = ( - 2)/(8) = - (1)/(4)`

Therefore our slope is -1/4